Stratonight
Roland Eichinger
The Science
The piece shows the circulation of the middle atmosphere with ascending air in the tropics, poleward movement in three branches of the atmosphere and sinking motion in the high latitudes. The stars represent mixing, leading to exchange between the branches. The piece solely bases itself on elements from van Gogh's painting ‘The Starry Night’.
The Artist
Roland Eichinger is a meteorologist currently working as a climate modeller at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) near Munich. He has been doing research across temporal and spatial scales in weather and climate sciences at several places. Now he is stuck in the stratosphere. He always tries to keep connected to arts in various forms.
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